Textile Collection (page 4)

Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Disembarkation in Asilah
The Pastrana tapestries: Disembarkation in Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Cloth number 1 of the series on the conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal

Spain (1820-1823). Civil war. Fan decorated with an illustration of Ferndinand VII swearing loyalty to the Cadiz Constitution. SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum

William Morris, artist, writer, publisher and socialist
William Morris (1834-1896), English textile designer, artist, writer, publisher and socialist, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement

Representing the tailors of the regiment making kilts for the Gordon Highlanders in the barrack-yard at Aberdeen. Date: circa 1902

Comic postcard, Couple passing shop window Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying material in a shop Date: 20th century

Spinning silk threads, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Page (2 of 2 - see picture no. 13140287 for first part of article) reporting on the British calico-printing industry. Date: 1899

Page (1 of 2 - see picture no. 13140288) from The Illustrated London News reporting on the British calico-printing industry. Date: 1899

Advert, Esmond Jacquard Blankets. 1922

Dodge Brothers van advertising Viyella day and night wear. circa 1930s

Ancient Flemish loom

Phyllis Barron and her hand-block printing on stuffs
Phyllis Barron seen cutting her own hand blocks for printing fabrics. After leaving the Slade School, she began designing patterns for cretonne printers

The Thumb print frock by Peter Russell
Miss Eileen ( Babs ) Lamb, posed in a dress decorated with thumb prints designed by Peter Russell. Date: 1933

Textile, Australian race horse, owned by C G Brown, trainer J O Dwyer. Winner of the Caulfield Cup in 1927. Date: circa late 1920s

Scene at a Lancashire cotton printing works - singeing machine. Date: 1843

Scene at a Lancashire calico bleaching and dyeing works
Scene at a calico bleaching and dyeing works in Dukinfield, Lancashire, showing washing by dash wheels. Date: 1843

Advert, John Brown & Son, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for John Brown & Son, Weaving Factory with Jacquard harness looms, French Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, James Mathewson & Son Ltd, Dunfermline
Advert for James Mathewson & Son Ltd, Linen Manufacturers, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Advert, James Finlay & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for James Finlay & Co, Cotton Manufacturers, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Inglis & Co, Linen and Cotton, Dunfermline
Advert for Inglis & Co, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, Castleblair and Victoria Works, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Hay and Robertson, Dunfermline, Scotland
Advert for Hay and Robertson, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, St Margarets Works, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Cox Brothers Limited, Lochee, Scotland
Advert for Cox Brothers Limited, Camperdown Jute, Flax and Hemp Works, Lochee, Scotland. 1905

Advert, A Stephens & Co, Artistic Costumes
Advert for A Stephens & Co, Art Fabrics and Artistic Costumes, Regent Street, London. 1889

Meltham Mills 1851
Meltham Mills, near Huddersfield. Brooks family, Royal improved, patent cotton spinning mill. 1851

Navajo Indian workroom, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. They are spinning and dyeing wool, weaving blankets and making silver ornaments. Date: circa 1920

Baltic Mills, Baltic, Connecticut, USA
Baltic cotton Mills, Baltic, Sprague, New London County, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1906

Design, The Woollen Industry of Galashiels, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, Archibald Aikman & Co, Alexander Jamieson & Co
Adverts for Archibald Aikman & Co Ltd, Old Scotch Whiskies, Edinburgh, and Alexander Jamieson & Co Ltd, textile manufacturers, Darvel, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, R & A Sanderson & Co, J & A D Grimond Ltd
Adverts for R & A Sanderson & Co, Scotch Tweeds, Galashiels, and J & A D Grimond Ltd, Dundee, Scotland. 1905

Adverts, Baxter Brothers, P & R Sanderson
Adverts for Baxter Brothers & Co Ltd, Spinners and Manufacturers, Dens Works, Dundee, and P & R Sanderson, Tweed Mill, Galashiels, Scotland. 1905

Manchester Municipal Weaving School
The spinning room at the Manchester Municipal Weaving School run by the city council to train young people for work in the textile industry. Date: circa 1894

Winding weft at a spinning wheel in Northern Ireland
Cottage industries, winding weft at a spinning wheel in Northern Ireland. Date: 1888

Samuel Courtauld (7 May 1876 1 December 1947), English industrialist who is best remembered as an art collector. He founded the Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 1932

Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, France
Elderly woman with distaff and spindle, Auvergne, Central France. 1922

Woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, Northern France
Woman at a spinning wheel near Dinan, Brittany, Northern France. 1922

Woman weaving on a frame, Ecuador, South America. Date: 1922

Young woman weaving on a loom, China, East Asia
Young woman weaving cloth on a large loom, China, East Asia. Date: 1922

Araucanian woman weaving, Chile, South America
An Araucanian woman weaving cloth used to make ponchos, southern Chile, South America. Araucania (Araucana) is an indigenous area of Chile inhabited by the Moluche (Mapuche) people. Date: 1922

Italian Lacemakers - Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Advert, Scarboroughs Dress Fabrics, Halifax
Advertisement for Scarboroughs Celebrated Dress Fabrics, Ellen Reyde Mills, Halifax, October 1888, with a reference to Grace Darling and Fearnought Serges. 1888

Manchester Cotton Shed. circa 1900

Riverside Mill Co Ltd
Concerning Cotton 1920 - Riverside Mill Co Ltd. 1920

The Bolton Heald Co Ltd
Concerning Cotton 1920 - The Bolton Heald Co Ltd - Factory. 1920

Textile Industry - Weaving - Mr Austins Engine Loom
British Textile Industry Machinery - Weaving - Mr Austins Engine Loom. Date: 1814

Woollen Manufacturing - Slubbing Machine or Billy. Date: 1811

Traditional customs, Portugal -- people in the open air, working on a large weaving frame. Inset top left is a large building, the Grand Hotel Central. Date: circa 1900s

Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, inventor
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1815-1906), English inventor and industrialist. circa 1890s

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